| Ferns and Grasses Updated July 2008. |
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| FERNS | ||||
| In small pots at €3 each, any 10 for 25 €uro | Suitable for Mail Order | |||
| Pic | Asplenium scolopendrium Harts Tongue Fern | Upright tongue-shaped fronds 30cm | ||
| Pic | Asplenium scol. Angustatum | Narrow cut leaved fronds 20cm | ||
| Pic | Asplenium scol. Cristatum Sold Out | Crested Hart's Tongue Fern 45cm | ||
| Pic | Asplenium scol. Undulatum | Wavy margined fronds 30cm | ||
| Pic | Aspl. trichomanes Maidenhair Spleenwort Sold Out | Semi-evergreen delicate fronds, 15cm | ||
| Pic | Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern | Deciduous, likes moist rich soil 90cm | ||
| Pic | Athyrium f.f. 'Frizellae' Irish Tatting Fern Sold Out | Deciduous, fronds like strings of beads 45cm | ||
| Pic | Athyrium oto 'Okanum' Eared Lady Fern Sold Out | Red/maroon stems, red/cream fronds 45cm | ||
| Pic | Athyrium nip. pictum Painted Jap Fern | Delicate silver grey foliage, part shade 40cm | ||
| Athyrium nip. pictum 'Red Beauty' | Similar to above with red flushed fronds, shade | |||
| Pic | Blechnum spicant Hard Fern | Native, needs acid soil | ||
| Pic | Cyrtomium fortunei Fortune's Holly Fern | Evergreen, part shade 60cm x 40cm | ||
| Pic | Cyrtomium fort.Clivicola Japanese Holly Fern | Evergreen, light shade 60cm | ||
| Dryopteris affinis Scaly Male Fern | Tall growing deciduous fern | |||
| Pic | Dryopteris affinis christata The King Sold Out | Regal dark green arching fronds 90cm. x 90cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris aff. Crispa Sold Out | Finely cut lime foliage 50cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris aff. Crispa Congesta | Golden fronds, likes most soils 30cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris aff.Polydactylod Dadds | Wide with flat terminal crest 80cm | ||
| Dryopteris atrata Shaggy Shield Fern Sold out | Dark green 'elephant trunk' fronds, 90cm x 90cm | |||
| Pic | Dryopteris erythrosa Japanese Buckler Fern | Young fronds coppery pink 50cm | ||
| Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii' Sold out | Arching lance shaped fronds 90-120cm | |||
| Pic | Dryopteris f.m.Crispa Cristata | Semi evergreen, crisped fronds 45x45cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris f.m.Crista Sold Out | Cristate Male Fern | ||
| Dryopteris f.m.'Linearis' Linear Male Fern Sold Out | Tall and slender | |||
| Dryopteris f.m.'Linearis Polydactyla' | A rare Fern. 50cm x 60cm | |||
| Pic | Dry. wallichiana Wallich's Wood Fern Sold Out | Deciduous, shuttlecock fronds 3-6ft | ||
| Pic | Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich fern Sold Out | Deciduous, fronds like a shuttlecock, 3ft | ||
| Pic | Onoclea sensibilis Sold Out | Sensitive Fern | ||
| Pic | Osmunda regalis Royal Fern Sold Out | Large deciduous fern perfect for wet ground | ||
| Pic | Osmunda regalis purpurea | Purple tinged fronds | ||
| Pic | Polypodium vulgare Wall Fern Sold Out | Likes dappled shade, 30cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum braunii Sold Out | Deciduous, dark glossy green fronds 80cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum munitum American Sword Fern Sold Out | Evergreen, ideal specimen 120cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum setiferum Soft Shield Fern | Arching fronds, deciduous | ||
| Pic | Polystichum set. 'Congestum' Congested Soft Shield F. | Needs some shade 60cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum set. 'Herrenhausen' Sold Out | Broad spreading fronds 50cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum set. 'Plumosum Densum' | Mossy fronds 50cm | ||
| Pic | Polystichum set. 'Proliferum' Sold Out | Deciduous, tall fronds to 70cm+ | ||
| Pic | Polystichum tsussimense | Semi-evergreen lance-shaped, semi-shade 30cm | ||
| Pic | Woodsia obtusa | Deciduous, fully hardy, part shade, 20cm | ||
| Pic | Woodwardia fimbriata Sold Out | Deeply lobed fronds | ||
| The ferns above marked Sold Out will be available again from late July | ||||
| GRASSES | ||||
| In 9cm or 10cm pots at €3.50 each, any 5 for 15 €uro, any 10 for 25 €uro Suitable for mail order | ||||
| Acorus | gramineus 'Hakuro-nishiki' Sold | Bright yellow variegation, likes damp | ||
| gramineus 'Variegata' | Good variegated grass for damp ground | |||
| gramineus 'Ogon' | Golden blades, damp ground | |||
| Brizia | media Quaking Grass | Plump seed heads, likes rich moist soil 60cm | ||
| Carex | brunnea 'Aureovariegata' | Evergreen variegated, clumps to 30cm | ||
| Pic | buchananii | Stiff dark bronze grass | ||
| Pic | comans 'Bronze' | Deep rich bronze tufts all year 30cm | ||
| Pic | comans 'Frosted Curls' | Silvery green arching blades | ||
| comans 'Milk Chocolate' | Milk chocolate foliage 45-60cm | |||
| oshimensis 'Evergold' | Low mound of golden variegated foliage | |||
| morrowii 'Fishers Form' | Stiff wide blades with cream variegation | |||
| pendula | Graceful flowerheads 80cm | |||
| 'Silver Sceptre' | Silvery Blades form low, arching mound | |||
| testacea Sold Out | Stiff green blades tinged red | |||
| 'Whirling Sparkler' | Broad blades with white stripe like a windmill | |||
| Cortaderia | fulvida | Drooping, shaggy plumes 240cm | ||
| richardii | Large slender plumes 300cm | |||
| selloana 'Pumila' | Free-flowering dwarf form 180cm | |||
| selloana 'Pink Feather' Pampas | Tall feathery pink plumes late summer 240cm | |||
| selloana 'White Feather' Pampas | Tall feathery white plumes late summer 240cm | |||
| Deschampsia | cespitosa 'Northern Lights' | Green with cream margins | ||
| tatra gold | Very bright green tufts fade to gold green | |||
| Elymus | magellanicus | Silvery-blue grass 45cm | ||
| Pic | Festuca | glauca 'Blue Fox' | One of the best blue grasses | |
| 'Siskiyou Blue' | Electric blue / yellow grass | |||
| Hackonechloa | mac Aureola SOLD OUT | Cascading mound of gold | ||
| Imperata | Red Baron | Striking red foliage | ||
| Koeleria | glauca | Good blue grass to 1ft | ||
| Pic | Libertia | grandiflora | Spikes of white flowers, grows anywhere | |
| ixioides SOLD OUT | Bronze green sword leaves, white flowers | |||
| ixiodes 'Taupo Blaze' | As above but with dusky purple / green leaf | |||
| ixioides 'Gold Finger' | Golden/orange blades, white flowers 45cm | |||
| peregrinans 'Gold Leaf' | Sword shaped foliage tinged reddish gold | |||
| Luzula | nivea | Silvery grey green rosettes, delicate seed heads | ||
| sylvatica | Broad glossy blades, grows anywhere | |||
| Mellica | transylvannica | Tall showy flower spikes to 1m+ | ||
| Milium | eff. aurea Golden Wood Millet | Golden-yellow all year 90cm SOLD OUT | ||
| Miscanthus | sinensis | Tall grass with feathery plumes | ||
| sinensis 'Ferner Osten' SOLD | Strong red flowerheads reach 1.6m | |||
| sinensis 'Graziella' | Rosy flowerheads age to silver, compact 80cm | |||
| sinensis Zebrinus' | Upright blades with yellow bands | |||
| Molina | caer. Variegata | Dark blades with cream stripe | ||
| Ophiopogon | jap minor | Hardy, compact evergreen, white flowers | ||
| plan. Nigrescens | Distinctive black leaves, lilac flowers | |||
| planiscapus 'Nigrescens' | Distinctive black leaves, lilac flowers | |||
| Pennisetum | alopecoroides | Chinese Fountain Grass, winter colour 90cm | ||
| setaceum 'Rubrum' | Purple Fountain Grass 90cm x 45cm | |||
| Stipa | arundinacea | Arching, bronze/green with red highlights | ||
| gigantea Oat Grass | Striking tall seedheads stand well into winter | |||
| Pic | Pony Tails | Very attractive flower heads | ||
| Pic | Uncinia | uncinata rubra | Mounds of reddish brown blades 30cm x 30cm | |
| NEW | Strappy Leaf, Grass Like Plants from the Southern Hemisphere | In
9cm pots:
€ 4 each
Any 10 for €30 In 1 litre pots: € 6 each Any 5 for €25 |
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| Pic | Dianella caerulea Breeze Flax Lillies (1lt pot only) | Strappy leaves, blue/yellow flowers and blue fruits 70cm x 65cm | ||
| Pic | Dianella c. Cassa Blue | Stunning blue foliage to 40cm with blue flowers on stalks to 50cm | ||
| Pic | Dianella c. Little Jess | Similar to Breeze but much more compact at 40cm | ||
| Pic | Dianella revoluta. Little Rev | Blue / grey upright leaves, perfect for edging and tubs 30cm | ||
| Pic | Dianella tasmanica Tasred (1ltr pots only) | Broad green leaves with yellow and reddish tints 40cm | ||
| Pic | Lomandra longifolia Tanika | Arching evergreen blades, attractive seedheads, v hardy 60cm | ||
| All are evergreen, hardy, frost and drought tolerant as well as being extremely attractive and low maintenance | ||||
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For other plants now available, see 'Summer shrubs & trees', 'Ground Cover and Climbers', 'Conifers' , 'Hedging' and 'Perennial Flowers'
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